What’s open when during the holidays in Kamloops

KAMLOOPS - If you don’t want to show up with your skates to a closed arena, make sure you know the holiday hours of various facilities in Kamloops.

City Hall and public works

Both City Hall and the public works buildings will be closed on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. In addition to these two statutory holidays, both offices will also be closed on Monday, Dec. 28. After these days, business will resume from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday.

Regular skate times change slightly at both the Sandman Centre and the Memorial Arena.

Tuesday, Dec. 22 two additional teen drop-in times have been added at the Sandman Centre. Between 2 to 4 p.m. there is a hockey drop-in for 13- to 15-year-old players and between 4:30 and 6:30 p.m. two hours of drop in time for players ages 16 and 17 years.

Monday Dec. 28 the Memorial Arena has added a public skate from 6 and 8 p.m. and a stick and puck drop-in time has been added for Wednesday, Dec. 30, from 7 to 9 p.m.

Both the field house and the pool will be closed Dec. 25, 26, 28 and Jan. 1. On both Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve facilities will shut down at 4 p.m. All other days, the centre will be open its regular scheduled hours.

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